…A status, but that he do so in writing. While it is easy enough to ridicule an FCC Order that is on its face so completely preposterous as to invite…
Earlier today, the FCC’s Fifth Report and Order revising the Part 11 EAS Rules and codifying the obligation that EAS Participants be able to process alert messages formatted in…
…and by some method guarantee cable operators low-cost access to broadcast signals. A discussion of the dynamics of retransmission negotiations and policy could easily fill a book, but for the…
Following many months of debate and after trying several potential legislative vehicles, the House and Senate finally enacted spectrum auction legislation as part of the bill to extend…
March 2012 This Broadcast Station EEO Advisory is directed to radio and television stations licensed to communities in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas, and highlights the…
This morning the FCC released copies of 16 Orders to Show Cause sent to licensees of low power TV stations that have Class A status. Class A…
…breathe easier for the moment. Unavoidably, however, the decision provides a road map to those seeking to exploit the rules in the future, detailing the type of showing they…
…However, episodes like the Terry ads expose what we have always known about these rules, and that is simply the fact that they could easily be gamed. Some…
…years. The Consent Decree also requires the company to make a contribution of $85,000 to the U.S. Treasury. While it is all too easy for a few business radio licenses…
…few years alone, the FCC has, among other things, initiated proceedings requiring EAS Participants to accept messages using a common EAS messaging protocol (CAP) for the next generation of EAS…
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